On This Day — June 4
Notable events, births, and deaths from history on this date. Data from Wikimedia.
World War II: A hunter-killer group of the United States Navy captures the German Kriegsmarine submarine U-505, the first time a U.S. Navy vessel had captured an enemy vessel at sea since the 19th century.
1944
World War II: The United States Fifth Army captures Rome, although much of the German Fourteenth Army is able to withdraw to the north.
1944
A military coup in Argentina ousts Ramón Castillo.
1943
